Arts & Entertainment
Opening This Week — October 12
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Argo (R for profanity and
violent images) Ben Affleck
directed and stars in this
fact-based
espionage
thriller, set in Teheran dur-
ing the Iranian Revolution,
revolving around a CIA
exfiltration specialist who
hatches a plan to rescue a
half-dozen American diplo-
mats hiding at the home of
the Canadian ambassador
(Victor
Garber).
Cast
includes Alan Arkin, John
Goodman, Bryan Cranston
and Philip Baker Hall.
Here Comes the Boom
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Movie
Reviews
by Kam
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ogy teacher (Kevin James)
who decides to moonlight as
a mixed martial arts in order
to raise the funds to save the
music program at his cash-
strapped high school. With
Salma Hayek, Henry Win-
kler and Joe Rogan. Seven
Psychopaths (R for sexual-
struggling
screenwriter
(Colin Farrell) who unwit-
tingly gets mixed-up with
the mob after a couple of
his buddies (Christopher
Walken and Sam Rockwell)
steal a gangster’s (Woody
Harrelson) beloved pet Shih
Tzu. Support cast includes
Gabourey Sidibe, Abbie
Cornish and Tom Waits.
Sinister (R for terror and
disturbing images) Found
footage horror flick about a
crime novelist (Ethan
Hawke) who encounters
more than he bargained for
when he moves with his
wife (Juliet Rylance) and
kids (Clare Foley and
Michael Hall D’Addario)
into the haunted home of a
murdered family of four.
With Fred Thompson, Tavis
Smiley
and
James
Ransone.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Argo
(PG for sports violence,
crude humor and mild epi-
thets) Overcoming the odds
comedy about a bored biol-
ity, nudity, drug use, bloody
images, graphic violence
and pervasive profanity)
Crime comedy about a
3,2,1… Frankie Go
Boom (Unrated) Sibling
rivalry comedy about a guy
(Frankie Hunnam) who
seeks refuge from civiliza-
tion in the desert after being
humiliated in a Youtube
video posted by his drug-
addicted brother (Bruce
O’Dowd).
Ensemble
includes Whitney Cum-
mings, Chris Noth, Ron
Perlman, Lizzy Caplan and
Nora Dunn.
Atlas Shrugged: Part II
(Unrated) Sci-fi sequel
revolves around a corporate
exec (Samantha Mathis) in a
desperate race against time
to save a global economy on
the brink of collapse. Fea-
turing Jason Beghe, Richard
T. Jones, Esai Morales and
Patrick Fabian.
The Iran Job (Unrated)
Hoops documentary chroni-
cling a year in the life of
Kevin
Sheppard,
an
African-American playing
professional basketball in a
Middle Eastern country he
finds surprisingly hos-
pitable.
Janeane
from
Des
Moines (Unrated) Presiden-
tial race docudrama, set in
Iowa, about a conservative
housewife (Jane Edith Wil-
son) who becomes disen-
chanted
with
the
Republican
candidates
vying for the nomination
when they fail to offer satis-
factory solutions for her
host of concerns. With
appearances by Michelle
Bachmann, Mitt Romney,
Herman Cain, New Gin-
grich, Rick Santorum and
Here Comes the Boom
Ron Paul.
Middle of Nowhere (R
for profanity) Self-discov-
ery drama, directed by Sun-
dance-winner
Ava
DuVernay, about a young
woman
(Emayatzy
Corinealdi) who drops out
of med school to help her
imprisoned husband (Omari
Hardwick) only to embark
on a torrid affair with an
ardent bus driver (David
Oyewolo). Cast includes
Dondre Whitfield, Sharon
Lawrence and Lorraine
Toussaint.
Nobody Walks (R for
sexuality, profanity and
drug use) Love triangle
drama about a happily-mar-
ried father of two (John
Krasinski) who risks his
marriage by cheating on his
wife (Rosemarie DeWitt)
with the aspiring writer
(Olivia Thirlby) living in
their pool house. With
Dylan McDermott, India
Ennenga and Justin Kirk.
Simon and the Oaks
(Unrated) Screen adaptation
of Marianne Fredriksson’s
surrealistic saga about a
German
Jewish
boy
(Jonatan S. Wachter) adopt-
ed by a Swedish family dur-
ing World War II. With Bill
Skarsgard, Helen Sjoholm
and Karl Linnertorp. (In
Swedish, German, Hebrew
and English with subtitles)
Special Forces (R for
profanity and violence)
Afghan War drama starring
Djimon Hounsou as the
leader of an elite commando
squad on a rescue mission to
save a French journalist
(Diane Kruger) and a trans-
lator (Mehdi Nebbou) kid-
napped by the Taliban.
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